Hay Croft

Hay Croft is a cottage dating probably from the late 17th or early 18th century, with a likely late 19th-century addition. The walls are rendered, likely over cob, with the left-hand gable end constructed of stone rubble. It has a half-hipped thatched roof and a brick end stack. Originally, it was designed with a two-room, central-entrance plan and integral end stacks, facing south and situated at a right angle to the road. The room to the right is the larger of the two. A probable late 19th-century outbuilding adjoins the right-hand end. The cottage has two storeys, with a single-storey addition to the right. The front elevation is symmetrically arranged, featuring three windows on the first floor and two on the ground floor; most windows are late 19th or early 20th century two-light wooden casements, although the left-hand ground-floor window is wider, comprising three lights. A roughly central doorway has a 20th-century plank door and a probably 19th or early 20th-century gabled brick porch with shaped bargeboards. The slightly set-back right-hand addition has a three-light wooden casement window to the front. The interior was not inspected.